Method of making corner mounts for photographic prints and the like



Aug. 11, 1942. c. TATE 2,292,582

METHOD OF MAKING CORNER MOUNTS FOR PHOTOGRAPEIC PRINTS AND THE LIKE Filed July 18, 1940 Patented Aug. 11, 1942 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE METHOD OF MAKING CORNER MOUNTS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS AND THE LIKE Christopher Tate, Malden, Mass.

Application July 18, 1940, Serial No. 346,129

6 Claims.

This invention relates to corner mounts for photographic prints and the like, and more particularly to an improved, advantageous and economical method of making the same.

For a more complete understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the disclosure thereof in the following description, and to the drawing of which Figure 1 is a perspective View of a strip of gummed paper, showing the successive steps of a method for making corner mounts.

Figure 2 is a perspective View of a right-angled cap.

Figure 3 is a plan view of a finished group of corner mounts.

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-@ of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a group of corner mounts showing a slight modification.

Figure 6 is a perspective View of a strip of paper showing the successive stages of a modified method of making corner mounts.

As indicated in Figure 1, corner mounts may be made from a strip l6 of paper or other suitable material which is preferably gummed on one face as at l2. This strip may be notched as at l4, such notches being along one side edge of the strip and being uniformly spaced. At the apex of each notch l4 2. out It is made part-way across the strip. These notches and cuts form flaps 20 which are bent away from the gummed face I2 of the strip on lines of fold 22 which make angles of 45 with the long axis of the strip. Assuming that the strip I 0 is supported with its gummed face I2 underneath, the folding of the flaps 20 will expose the gummed surfaces of the flaps upward as at 24. Each pair of flaps between successive cuts I6 will make right angles with each other. A right-angled cap 30 is then adhesively secured to each pair of flaps, the .caps 30 being preferably cut to fit upon the corresponding pairs of flaps to which they are secured. Caps may be secured by moistening the gummed surfaces of the flaps and then pressing the caps thereon, or by moistening the caps themselves prior to pressing the caps against the gummed surfaces of the flaps. The caps 30 may be ornamented if desired by the use of difierent colors, by imprinting designs thereon, by embossing the caps, or by providing other forms of ornamentation thereon. The attachment of caps to the folded flaps completes the formation of the corner mounts which may then be severed from the strip. The completed mounts may be severed singly by transverse cuts extending across the strip in alinement with the original cuts [6. If preferred, the corner mounts may .be severed from the strip in groups of two or more, preferably four. 'In such cases, lines of weakness are made across the strip of perforations, scoring, or otherwise, such lines of weakness being alined with certain of the original cuts I6. Thus, for example, as shown in Figure 3, three such lines of perforations 32 may be made between successive lines of severance. Thus groups of four mounts each are provided, the individual mounts of each group being readily detached from the others by tearing along the perforated lines 32.

If desired, short cuts 34 may be made inward from the opposite side edge of the strip to form tabs 36. The cuts 34 are spaced so as to form a plurality of tabs 36 for each complete corner mount, three such tabs for each mount being indicated in Figure 5. The purpose of these tabs is to facilitate the attachment of the corner mount to the corner of a print or card which is to be mounted. To this end, one or more of the tabs 36 may be bent away from the gummed face of the mount on a line of fold parallel to the long axis of the strip from which the mount is severed. This exposes a gummed surface upward which can be adhesively secured to the under face of the print or card to be mounted.

Corner mounts, when made from a paper strip as shown in Figure 1, pointthe same way. A modification of this method is illustrated in Figure 6 which shows a gummed paper strip 40. At, uniform intervals equal to the desired Width of the corner mounts cuts 42 are made into the strip from both side edges thereof, each pair of opposed cuts being in alinement and extending inward until their inner ends are separated by a narrow neck 44 of uncut paper. These cuts form corner flaps 46 which can be folded back in pairs against the upper face of the strip on lines of fold at 45 to the long axis to form pockets. If desired, the corners of the flaps to be folded may be cut off as at 48 prior to the folding, thus forming notches in the edges of the strip 40. When the flaps have been folded back, as indicated, to expose their gummed faces, a cap 30 is attached to each pair of flaps. If desired, cuts 34 may be made in the original edge portions of the strip to form tabs 36 for purposes hereinbefore set forth. The corner mounts, when completed in the strip, are held together by the narrow necks 44 of uncut paper in the original strip. The corner mounts may be severed from the strip singly or in groups of two or more by cutting or tearing the appropriate necks 44.

It is evident that various modifications and changes may be made in the embodiments of the 1 invention herein shown and described without departing from the spirit or scope thereof as defined in the following claims.

What I claim is:

1. A method of making corner mounts, which comprises cutting into both side edges of a strip of gummed paper at directly opposed points which are uniformly spaced along said edges to form flaps, the inner ends of the opposed cuts being closely spaced to leave a narrow neck of paper between, folding back the pairs of flaps between successive cuts in the same edge of the strip away from the gummed face on lines of fold at angles of 45 to the longitudinal axis of the strip, said pairs of flaps being bent back from the two edges of the strip in alternation, and adhesively securing an angular cap to each pair of flaps.

2. A strip of material gummed on one side only, having a plurality of uniformly-spaced right-angled pockets on one edge thereof, each pocket comprising two flaps integral with said strip and turned over upon the uncoated side thereof into contiguous right-angled relation, and a right-angled cap secured to the gummed surfaces of said flaps, said pockets and the portions of the strip adjacent thereto forming corner mounts which are laterally joined by easily breakable bonds.

3. A method of making corner mounts, which comprises forming flaps by making a series of uniformly spaced right line cuts along one edge of a strip of gummed paper, each such out being normal to the axis of said strip and extending only part way across said strip, bending said flaps away from the gummed face of said strip and toward each other along lines of fold which make angles of 45 with the long axis of the strip,

adhesively securing a right-angled cap to each pair of flaps between said cuts to form corner mounts, and severing said corner mounts from said strip.

4. A method of making corner mounts, which comprises forming flaps by cutting a series of uniformly spaced V-notches along one edge of a strip of gummed paper and by cutting inward from the apex of each said notch part way across said strip, then bending said flaps away from the gummed face of the strip and toward each other on lines of fold which make angles of with the long axis of the strip, adhesively securing a V-shaped cap to the gummed faces of each pair of flaps between successive cuts, and severing said corner mounts from said strip.

5. A method of making corner mounts, which comprises forming flaps by making a series of uniformly spaced right line cuts along one edge of a strip of gummed paper, each such out being normal to the axis of said strip and extending only part way across said strip, bending said flaps away from the gummed face of said strip and toward each other along lines of fold which make angles of 45 with the long axis of the strip,

adhesively securing a right-angled cap to each pair of flaps between said cuts to form corner mounts, and severing said strip at every fourth cut to form separate groups of four mounts.

6. A method of making corner mounts, which comprises forming flaps by cutting a series of uniformly spaced V-notches along one edge of a strip of gummed paper and by cutting inward from the apex of each said notch part way across said strip, then bending said flaps away from the gummed face of the strip and toward each other on lines of fold which make angles of 45 with the long axis of the strip, adhesively securing a V-shaped cap to the gummed faces of each pair of flaps between successive cuts, and severing said strip at every fourth cut to form separate groups of four mounts.

CHRISTOPHER TATE. 

